10m Pistol and hand pump

[homebrw]

Hello-

I am brand new and have two goals: one save for a FWB P8x for my birthday in March and two make an indoor 10m pistol range in my basement for my daughter and I to practice. I won't have hundreds of dollars to spend on an air tank in the beginning. Anyone using a hand pump to fill a higher end gun like Feinwerkbau / Steyr / Walther / Pardini? What sort of moisture filter do I need if any with the small cylinders and slow pumping. I live on the SC/NC border, so it is humid. It seems like these single shot pistols get a lot of shots per full cylinder, so I'm hoping manual hand pump won't be too bad?

Thanks in advance.
Chris

 

[MikeVV]

You may get more responses by using the "Air Pistol" section of the site.

As far as "hand pumping". As long as you give the pump a break to cool, when the heat builds up, you don't need a drier.
The Hill pump has a "drier" section to it, but it's on the "inlet" side...backward ! I guess if you live in Florida where the ambient humidity is always high, that might work.

I use a Hill pump when filling my pistols. I'll give it 35 or 40 strokes, feel the bottom of the pump. If it's warm, I'll stop, let it cool for a few minutes, then finish the fill. If it's still cool, I'll go another few strokes and check the pump for being warm.
This way, it keeps the internal moisture down, so you don't soak the interior of your gun with water.

Mike

 

[EdinGa]

Hand pumps work just fine indoors with low humidity. A 10 meter pistol should have a small enough air volume to keep from overheating the pump. Most of us only pump for a few minutes at a time and then we stop and bleed the pressure off the pump and let it cool down.

 

[EdinGa]

Here's a link to a recent discussion.

Hand pumping question ??

I have added this filter to my hand pumps https://www.pyramydair.com/search-results-ext?keyword=Air+Venturi+filter. My question is do the small cannister filters with just a fabric type filter really add benefit beyond just using the small cigarette filter that hand pumps come with stock? I...

www.airgunnation.com

 

[homebrw]

Thanks Mike and Ed. That's what I was hoping to hear!